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Respiratory Protection for NETs

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Respiratory Protection

Illustration by Hugh Newell.

Respiratory protection for NET volunteers gets complicated and weird because there are at least three different scenarios a NET might need a mask for respiratory protection: protection from communicable disease, protection from wildfire smoke, and protection from a hazardous materials release. There is no single mask that can protect against all of those threats, but an N95 comes close. Therefore, the guidance from PBEM is:

• Every NET should carry at least quantity two N95 masks in their deployment kit.
• N95s have a shelf life, and NETs should note when the masks in their kit expire.

Respiratory protection is not a "nice to have"; they are a must have and are among the most important items in a NET kit.

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